Sometimes I think God's rubbing it in.
Dear diary, it’s been 23 weeks since my last entry- this just should not be. To start off, there are times when I’m definitely down, and I know I don’t hide it well, but that’s ok. I wear my emotions on my sleeve, and it’s not likely to change. However, when things are not good, or even when they are just “fine”, our God can really come through to remind you that it’s not about you, and that he’s really the one that oversees everything. How did I forget? I’m not sure I did, it was always in the back of my mind, I think, but now I’m reminded.
This week was one of great encouragement, needless to say. I had a great small-group meeting on Monday which was my birthday (I got to spend with Julie eating sushi and brewery touring, and she’s really cool). The small group meeting was just 8 or so youngsters in my EFT church getting together for a meal and a discussion of the sermon from the day before. We spent 3 1/2 hours talking that night, it was awesome. That would have been enough.
I got really great gifts from mom and dad and Julie's mom, phone calls from my siblings, a sweet tie chain from Dan- that would have been enough.
I got a letter in the mail today. It was originally from the pastor of a church in Minnesota and passed along to me by the business office. He wrote that there was a $500 gift for the Seminary’s General Scholarship Fund. The letter explained that the donation was largely in response to a personal letter of thanks from Josh Krieger that a woman in his congregation had received earlier this year for a donation at the beginning of first semester. This donor wanted her new donation to go to that student, but understood that it was up to the seminary’s discretion. Along with this copy of the letter was a check for $500. I could hardly believe it, it’s certainly “enough.”
1 John 3:1- “How great is the love the Father has lavished upon us, that we should be called children of God.”
This week was one of great encouragement, needless to say. I had a great small-group meeting on Monday which was my birthday (I got to spend with Julie eating sushi and brewery touring, and she’s really cool). The small group meeting was just 8 or so youngsters in my EFT church getting together for a meal and a discussion of the sermon from the day before. We spent 3 1/2 hours talking that night, it was awesome. That would have been enough.
I got really great gifts from mom and dad and Julie's mom, phone calls from my siblings, a sweet tie chain from Dan- that would have been enough.
I got a letter in the mail today. It was originally from the pastor of a church in Minnesota and passed along to me by the business office. He wrote that there was a $500 gift for the Seminary’s General Scholarship Fund. The letter explained that the donation was largely in response to a personal letter of thanks from Josh Krieger that a woman in his congregation had received earlier this year for a donation at the beginning of first semester. This donor wanted her new donation to go to that student, but understood that it was up to the seminary’s discretion. Along with this copy of the letter was a check for $500. I could hardly believe it, it’s certainly “enough.”
1 John 3:1- “How great is the love the Father has lavished upon us, that we should be called children of God.”